Ronald Reagan: “Graduation Day is called 'Commencement,' and properly so, because it…”

On the recordMay 8, 1982

Graduation Day is called 'Commencement,' and properly so, because it is both a recognition of completion and a beginning.

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Republican · California

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Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College in Illinois

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